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This workshop dealt with human security issues in Sudan. Unusually, it involved the police as well as diverse members of Sudanese society, and culminated in an agreement to build a new Peace Centre.
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An organisation with broad aims to advance the peace process in Nepal by building the capacity of women to partake in all sectors of society.
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This initiative aims to promote better knowledge of the EU and raise public awareness of European Integration and the need to meet EU membership conditions. It does this through strengthening the capacities of Kosovo Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) through encouraging sectoral partnerships, sustainable advocacy actions and EU/regional network involvement.
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This initiative supports local community involvement in the ongoing peace process in Nepal, at the same as attempting to build local capacities and redevelop village infrastructure.
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Through training and funding, YPBI aims to increase the influence of youths in the peace process.
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This research-based initiative builds a better understanding of conflict and democracy in Nepal, and uses the results of its studies to influence policy makers and other key players. The initiative's researchers also monitor conflict to develop early warning systems and intervention strategies.
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Since 2005 this Nepali initiative has focused on the development and training of Self Help Groups (SHGs). These groups run awareness raising campaigns to oppose discrimination and domestic violence, and to support non-violence and conflict mediation.
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Tailored workshops for both men and women in Sudan, working to strengthen women's roles in peacebuilding.
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This Nepali initiative aims to improve the ability of conflict victims to fulfil their basic needs, as well as raising awareness on human rights issues and lobbying conflicting parties.
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A university-based programme focusing on the study of violence and conflict in all its forms, with an eye towards producing valuable research and training peace-workers, and eventually contributing to the political negotiation of peace in Colombia.
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This initiative focuses on empowering peasant families in Colombia by integrating them into the modern economy through entrepreneurial partnerships with the private sector.
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A programme of training and funding to allow families to gain financial stability and useful vocations caused by war. The programme also encourages community-building by supporting different ethnicities working along side each other.
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The initiative works with local people in Nepal to promote a just and corruption-free society.
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Contact is a coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations created with the purpose of accumulating and disseminating knowledge on conflict and conflict transformation.
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The initiative aims to re-integrate Nepali conflict victims into society by helping them progress economically.
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An education and awareness campaign to discourage political violence and mobilise communities to vote for peace during the Sri Lankan elections.
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A comprehensive programme of action to enhance the capability of Colombian civil society to engage positively and proactively with key issues facing the country.
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Through collaboration with governmental organisations, Fungamma have been successful in identifying the key issues surrounding firearms in Colombia, and have established a plan of action to help eradicate their transport, possession, and use.
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Fungamma, through extensive research and publication, have been raising awareness of Colombian civil society regarding the issues surrounding the widespread transport, possession, and use of firearms in Colombia.
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A programme of regular consultations between key stakeholders in the conflict, designed to facilitate agreement on points of difference and to explore informally the basis of a negotiated settlement.
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This initiative had a very successful outcome in reducing election violence and encouraging voters to behave in a peaceful and respectful manner towards one another. Staging drama performances in the areas that had previously been dangerous, at election time, enabled them to educate the communities of the need for responsible actions, from both the political parties and the voters themselves.
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Election violence has been one of the main threats to community peace for many years. The Good Governance initiative deals with this head on by bringing community leaders and politicians together to put a stop to outbreaks of violence, giving the individual communities a political voice during the election process.
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ASAD has launched this centre in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province with the intention of providing a number of services to directly benefit the local community; it targets local youth in particular and works across ethnic divisions.
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This research programme aims to take the lessons learned about post-conflict peace-building in other conflict areas and apply them to Colombia whilst the Colombian conflict is still active.
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A research project seeking to add subtlety and complexity to polarised thinking on the conflict in Colombia.
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This initiative involves members acting as mediators between the parties involved in the armed conflict and agreeing on solutions for both sides. They also find locations to set up their humanitarian missions, lobby the government and seek approvals to further develop their social work.
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Combating inter-ethnic mistrust, and setting an example of good governance, Samadeepa's PASL have utilised a variety of strategies in their organisation of volunteers and NGO's in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura district.
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Through the establishment of socially responsible business ventures, Samadeepa have been able to create a stable source of funding for community service actions, as well as offering improved financial stability for the individuals and communities involved in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura and Trincolmalee districts.
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A project to support families moving back to rural areas, as a means of reducing the number of people available for membership in Colombia's armed groups.
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A project to raise the voices of victims of Nepal's armed conflict, through counselling, advocacy and capacity building.
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A programme of workshops, interactions and legal services provided for Nepal's conflict victims.
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A programme to raise awareness on peace and human rights in Nepal, and to support conflict victims through education and training.
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A programme to protect women, children, Dalits and other vulnerable groups in Nepali society against social discrimination.
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The initiative aims to work towards resolution of the conflict in Nepal by influencing the major political parties.
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The initiative aims to influence the policies of the parties to Nepal's conflict, and to mould public opinion into accepting a culture of peace.
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The initiative aims to moderate the effects of the conflict in Nepal by raising awareness of the viability of peace, supporting conflict victims and influencing political parties.
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Gammar Idear supported Colombia's National Inter-Sectoral Commission in producing their report on the country's small arms situation for the UN Biennial Meeting of States.
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A project to link universities across Sri Lanka's ethno-linguistic divisions and create a core of sensitised, well-informed intellectuals as a tool for peaceful resolution of the conflict.
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The initiative aims to raise awareness of the Nepalese conflict by facilitating communication between various organisations and by putting pressure on conflicting parties through the use of peace agendas.
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People-to-People conferences have taken place throughout Southern Sudan, bringing together communities to draw up, implement and sustain steps towards peace.
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Information on initiatives in Valle del Cauca provided by el Banco de Buenas Prácticas para Superar el Conflicto (BPSC) as part of their collaboration with Insight on Conflict.
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This initiative aims to unite people across the Zenica-Doboj canton in their one love for the land and nature. By creating jobs in eco-tourism for people from all ethnicities, "former enemies are becoming business partners".
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This initiative transformed the central park in the city of Djakova, from a looted post-war wasteland into a symbol of hope that shows what local residents can achieve through volunteering.
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A Nepali initiative providing psychosocial counselling to conflict victims, partly by training members of its partner organisations to provide the service. The initiative has set up a special fund to ensure sustainability of the provision of counselling.
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This initiative seeks to get the rights and concerns of Dalits recognised and respected at the level of national policy-making in Nepal.
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This initiative involves the provision of food security assistance to the vulnerable agro-pastoralist Murle and Nuer IDP populations in Sudan's Pibor County. COOPI provides training and skills to local communities so they can become agriculturally self sufficient and have access to safe, clean drinking water. The organisation emphasises the importance of hygiene and enviromental sanitation and in teaching vulnerable people how to build a successful community they can reduce the affects of the conflict.
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This Nepali initiative focuses on capacity building and lobbying; it better prepares civil society organisations and activists to resolve future conflicts, whilst also promoting conflict monitoring and enabling women to get more involved in the peace process.
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This Nepali initiative works on the principle that human rights and economic sustainability are essential factors in a sustainable peace. The initiative seeks to address these issues through training.
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This initiative aims to strengthen the depth of understanding among NGOs and civil society of the conflict in Nepal and its peaceful resolution.
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A project to establish local mediation committees which reduce the use of violence in resolving conflicts in Nepal.
